Hi Corey,

I remember you commenting on the high CEC value on the area where lime had been applied. I have a theory about this that I posted in another thread. Today I read this in the Ideal Soil book:

“If the soil pH is above 7.0, the soil probably contains free, undissolved Calcium
and/or Magnesium carbonates, and both the AA 7.0 test and the Mehlich 3 test
are likely to dissolve them and give too high a reading for Ca and Mg, leading to
an overestimate of CEC.”

Which agrees with my theory.

By the way this book is available on line as a free PDF download. You’ll need to search a bit for it.